Computacenter is Europe’s leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services. We can advise customers on their IT strategy, implement the most appropriate technology from a wide range of leading vendors and manage their technology infrastructures on their behalf. At every stage we make our customers’ businesses sharper by removing cost, complexit...
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Create and manage multiple databases and assist in capacity planning.
Monitor, maintain database systems and troubleshoot problems that may arise.
Maintain data integrity and security (manage roles and permissions of database users).
Use tools like SQL Profiler for database tuning. Generate traces, execution plans, identify performance issues, deadlocks/contention and resolve them.
Develop strategies and implement solutions for managing back-ups, restoration and replication.
Create and manage constraints and indexes.
Support software developers with database operation
Proactive housekeeping/archiving and shrinking of databases.
Manage production, QA and development database environments.
Create detailed documentation including diagrams of database infrastructure.
Learn relevant business processes and understand the data flow, criticality and dependencies.
Effectively coordinate and communicate with all the stakeholders (internal teams and clients).
Set up and maintain database infrastructure for the company’s BI needs
Assist with transitions from on premises to cloud solutions.
Essential Skills/Requirements:
Minimum 5 years’ experience in a MS SQL database environment
Solid experience with SSRS, SSIS and SSAS
Strong communication skills (both written and verbal)
Documentation skills
Assertiveness in the face of the customer when needing to explain or defend a technical standpoint or approach.
Passion for customer satisfaction and service excellence
Highly motivated, disciplined and ambitious
Happy to work remotely without any physical access to the infrastructure
Ability to work independently or as part of a team
Ability to perform well under pressure
Knowledge of Oracle will be advantageous
Desirable Qualifications:
Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent education and experience.
6 to 10 years’ experience in administering Microsoft SQL server databases.
Extensive experience writing T-SQL and stored procedures and query tuning on high transaction systems.
Experienced in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS).
Experienced in ETL (Extract-Transform-Load) development / data integration.
Sound knowledge of RDBMS concepts, database architecture and SQL/T-SQL.
Proficient with SQL server profiler for monitoring and troubleshooting database activity and performance.
Experience in SQL Server Clustering and HA technologies including mirroring, log shipping, failover cluster and various replication technologies would be an advantage.
Knowledge of other databases like MySQL, No SQL databases and In-memory databases and MCTIP certification will be an advantage.
Ability to develop procedure documents and maintain detailed database related documents.
Innovative approach to work, constantly looking for upgrading the system to more efficient and effective new technologies.
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